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United States Patent | 5,352,111 |
Selbak | October 4, 1994 |
An apparatus for producing an edible, hand held food product which may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections in which the apparatus includes, in combination, a baking mold for baking the food product and a vacuum removal plug which is selectively insertable into a female portion of the baked food product for removing the food product by means of vacuum. The removal plug has an exterior surface with a configuration corresponding substantially to the inner surface of the container and includes a plurality of vacuum ports opening to the exterior surface. The apparatus also includes a vacuum assembly for creating a vacuum within the vacuum ports.
Inventors: | Selbak; Will L. (Minnetonka, MN) |
Assignee: | Selbak's Cookie Cones, Inc. (Maple Grove, MN) |
Appl. No.: | 083351 |
Filed: | June 28, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | 425/351; 99/383; 425/350; 425/404; 425/422; 425/437; 425/444 |
Intern'l Class: | A21C 015/00 |
Field of Search: | 425/350,351,403.1,404,407,422,436 R,437,444 99/383 |
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